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▲ Updated Xbox Console Prices(news.xbox.com)
33 points by 0xedb 6 hours ago | 20 comments
▲haunter 5 hours ago | parent | next [-]

>console storage and memory prices have increased by more than 2.5x and we expect another doubling by the fall of 2027

As a millennial I love that every year has a "once in a lifetime" event

▲vitally3643 3 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Sometimes I wonder if this is what the fall of a civilization looks like

▲haunter 27 minutes ago | parent [-]

Not with a bang but a whimper?

▲qsxfthnkp2322 3 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Will we ever get a break for good times?

▲0cf8612b2e1e an hour ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Woof. Microsoft pre-announced a bunch of layoffs in the gaming division next month. Also had a disastrous price increase in Xbox Live membership followed by a large number of cancelled subscriptions.

Clearly more expensive hardware will bolster the financials.

▲terramex 5 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

> Unfortunately, console storage and memory prices have increased by more than 2.5x and we expect another doubling by the fall of 2027.

I have not seen such pessimistic future prediction from any of major consumer electronics producers yet.

▲Lammy 5 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

I like how “Update” has become corporate PR's favorite weasel word for headlines bearing bad news.

▲AndrewDucker 2 hours ago | parent [-]

If it was reductions they'd tell you so in the title. If they aren't doing that it's because they're trying to avoid giving you the bad news for as long as possible.

▲prism56 5 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Hate how nowhere on that page does it say what the price will be. I guess they don't want the full price in the announcement...

▲sunaookami 4 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Console Old Price New Price

------------------------------------------------

Xbox Series S 512GB $399.99 $499.99

Xbox Series S 1TB $449.99 $599.99

Xbox Series X 1TB Digital $599.99 $749.99

Xbox Series X 1TB $649.99 $799.99

EDIT: damn how do you make tables on HN

▲saratogacx 3 hours ago | parent [-]

You need to format it as code. (Blank line followed by code lines, indented by 2+ spaces)

  Console          Price -> Old       New
  ------------------------------------------------
  Xbox Series S 512GB       $399.99   $499.99
  Xbox Series S 1TB         $449.99   $599.99
  Xbox Series X 1TB Digital $599.99   $749.99
  Xbox Series X 1TB         $649.99   $799.99
▲mikestew 5 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Go add the announced price increase to whatever price you find on BestBuy.com? I take your point, but I hardly find it onerous to figure out the new price.

▲therepanic 5 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

After Apple, Microsoft is now taking up the baton. Who is next?

▲inversepolymath 5 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Anyone who sells hardware with RAM

▲ThatMedicIsASpy 5 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

everyone? https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48676382

▲lizardking 5 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Sony and Nintendo, probably.

▲haunter 5 hours ago | parent [-]

Both already did

https://www.nintendo.co.jp/corporate/release/en/2026/260508....

https://blog.playstation.com/2026/03/27/new-price-changes-fo...

▲Narishma an hour ago | parent | next [-]

That was the previous round, which Microsoft also did. There have been 3 or 4 such price increases this generation.

▲garciansmith 5 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

So did Microsoft already! They can always do more.

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